Lexicon
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| Classification | Language |
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| Status | canon |
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| Last updated | 2026-11-03 |
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| Archive source | 04 Language/Lexicon.md |
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| Length | 897 words (4 min read) |
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| Internal links | 5 outgoing, 3 incoming |
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| Sources | 3 cited |
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The list below gives the standard term for each thing. One term has one meaning in Moravska.
Sea and land
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| Moravskan | Meaning | Note |
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| *more* | the home sea, the water near the coast | Sailors say "we go to the more" |
| *pondul* | the open sea, beyond the horizon | Old Thracian word. A different idea from *more* |
| *liman* | lagoon, sheltered water | Greek base |
| *skala* | pier, landing place | Greek base |
| *zălăv* | bay | The bay of Zaligrad |
| *breg* | shore | The low shore |
| *kervan* | rocky ridge | Thracian base. The Kervan range |
| *mogila* | mound, boundary stone | Thracian base |
| *bara* | marsh | Thracian base |
| *boravzk* | storm warning | *Bora* + local suffix |
| *bora* | the cold north-east wind | Italian loan |
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Warning:
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Two words for the sea
Older texts used pondul and more for the same thing. The difference is in this table. More is the coastal water. Pondul is the open sea. A fisherman works the more. A captain crosses the pondul.
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Work and trade
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| Moravskan | Meaning | Note |
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| *meda* | copper | Latin *metallum* through Balkan Romance |
| *medar* | copper worker | The worker at the plant |
| *medata* | the copper | The same word with the article |
| *skalnik* | shipyard worker | *Skala* + Slavic suffix |
| *matroz* | shipmate, deck sailor | Greek and Italian base |
| *kantar* | weight of 56 kg | Turkish loan |
| *cheshma* | fountain | Turkish loan |
| *plan* | the state plan | Russian loan |
| *kabel* | cable | German loan through Russian |
Society and family
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| Moravskan | Meaning | Note |
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| *rod* | the family line, 4 generations | The strongest value |
| *kashta* | house, the house of the line | Not a building only |
| *zadruga* | the communal household | 15 to 40 persons |
| *domazet* | a man who moves into his wife's house | Neutral in 1976 |
| *delyba* | the division of a zadruga | A public act |
| *dedo* | male elder | Also "grandfather" |
| *baba* | female elder | Also "grandmother" |
| *obraz* | honour, the public face | The second value |
| *gostba* | hospitality, the guest duty | The fifth value |
| *tihost* | quietness, the habit of few words | The sixth value |
| *zalnitsa* | the red and white cord | Worn in March |
State and party
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| Moravskan | Meaning | Note |
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| *narodna* | people's | Part of the state name |
| *republika* | republic | Part of the state name |
| *kray* | border, edge | The service takes the name |
| *Krayna* | the Border Guard and Naval Intelligence | See The Kray |
| *zalplav* | the state shipping enterprise | "Moravska sails" |
| *ZOK* | cooperative farm | A state farm is a *sovhoz* and rare here |
| *prestizh* | the hard-currency shop chain | See Prestizh and the Black Market |
| *komitet* | committee | The party unit |
| *nomenklatura* | the list of appointed posts | Russian loan |
Place names
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| Name | Type | Note |
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| Moravska | state | *Narodna Republika Moravska* (NRZ) |
| Zaligrad | capital | The deep bay |
| Skalina | port | South coast, resorts, canning |
| Medenik | city | The copper plant |
| Branishte | town | The Zala Plain |
| Tri Limana | town and lagoon chain | "Three lagoons" |
| Kervan Gora | mountain range | The forest and the ore |
| Reka Zala | river | 312 km, north to the Danube |
| Kraybrezhie | region | The coastal strip |
| Southern Marches | region | The Turkish border zone |
| Zala Plain | region | The grain valley |
People words
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| Word | Use | Do not use |
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| Moravskan | a person, the language, the adjective | "Zalmarian" |
| comrade (*drugaryo*) | party address | Not for a family table |
| *bai* | an older man, polite | Not for a woman |
| *kaka* | an older woman, polite | Not in an office |
| *chicho* | uncle, a friendly older man | Only with a familiar person |
Fixed phrases
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| Phrase | Meaning | When |
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| *Dobre doshăl.* | Welcome. | At the door |
| *Na zdrave.* | To health. | A toast |
| *Da e zhiv i zdrav.* | May he live and be well. | After a birth |
| *Bog da go prosti.* | May God forgive him. | At a funeral |
| *Taka e.* | So it is. | Agreement, or the end of an argument |
Other notes
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References[edit]
Documents in the archive that cite or cross-reference Lexicon:
- ^ "Funerary Practices". Rituals and Calendar, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Grammar". Language, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Moravskan Language". Language, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
